Feasibility of transcranial direct current stimulation use in children aged 5 to 12 years

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1360-1365

  Andrade, Agnes Carvalho ^a   Magnavita, Guilherme Moreira ^a   Allegro, Juleilda Valéria Brasil Nunes ^a   Neto, Carlos Eduardo Borges Passos ^a   Lucena, Rita De Cássia Saldanha ^a   Fregni, Felipe ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

brain stimulation; language disorders; tDCS

Indexed keywords

APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATAXIC APHASIA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BURNING SENSATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOOD CHANGE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PARENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRAGMATIC LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCALP; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN REDNESS; SKIN TINGLING; SOMNOLENCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84907611751     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073813503710     Document Type: Article

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